Cabinet for holding phonograph disk-records.



No. 877,832. PATENTED JAN. 2a, 1908.

X. GUKIER.

CABINET FOR HOLDING PHONOGRAPH DISK RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. 1907.

XAVIER CUKIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABINET FOR HOLDING PHONOGRAPH DISK-RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Applicatim iiled May 13, 1907- Serial No. 373.335.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XAvIER CUKIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county. and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet for Holding Phonograph Disk- Records, of which the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cabinets for holding phonograph records that have the form of disks.

The object of the invention is to produce a cabinet which can be used conveniently for the purpose described and which will enable the records to be arranged in alphabetic order.

A further object of the invention is to construct the cabinet in such a way asto enable broken away and shown in section.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 re resents the body of the cabinet, which is a apted to be formed of wood or similar material. It. presents a bottom 2, a verticalrear wall 3, a cover 4 and side walls 5. The bottom 2 projects aconsiderable distance beyond the forward edge of the cover 4, as shown, and theside'walls 5 of the cabinet are formed with rearwardly inclining forward edges 6. In the under side of the cover 4 near the forward edge thereof, a continuous rack 7 is formed by means of notches or recesses 8 which are dis osed a short distance apart, as shown. he ends of these notches are closed by the sides of the rack, so that shoulders 9 are formed, for a purpose which will ,appear more fully hereinafter.

On the upper side of the bottom 2 near the forward edge thereof,'I provide a rack 10 which is similar to the rack 7, and similarly formed with a plurality of notches or re cesses 11. These notches .11 extend to the forward edge of the racklO, but at the rear edge of the rack the material of the rack is extended upwardly so as to form a shoulder 12, as shown in Fig. 1. This portion of the rack is formed with a rounded face 13, against which the edges of the phonograph disks or records 14 are adapted to rest, as illustrated. The no'tches 11, as shown, are open on their forward ends; that is, at the forward edge of the rack, and at this point I provide a removable batten or keeper 15. This batten rests upon the upper face'of the bottom as shown, and is formed on its lower side with downwardly projecting spurs 16 which are received in openings formed in the bottom 2. This batten 15 is of substantially triangular form, having a vertical face or shoulder 17 presented against the forward edge of the rack. On the upper or inclined face of the batten 15 a longitudinally, disposed ton ue 18 is formed, and thistongue is referably of dove-tailed form so as to facllitate the attachment of sliding clips 19 formed of small metal plates, so as to conform to the shape of the tongue, as shown. These plates are provided with alphabetically arranged letters, with the names of composers, or with other characters, according to which the records are to be classified.

The notches 8 and 11 are arranged oppos'ite toeach other in a vertical plane so as to facilitate the attachment of dividing slats 20 which are disposed in an inclined position as indicated. The ends of the slats are cut on an inclined line so that the are adapted to en%age in the recesses 8 an 11, as indicated in ig. 1 In order to set the slats in osition, the batten 15 is first removed an the upper ends of the slats are set into the uplper notches 8; the lower ends of the slats are t en moved rearwardly and set into the corresponding notches below, and the batten is t en replaced: In this connection, attention is called to the shoulders 9 and 12, which prevent any movement of the slats after they are set in position, as described. In this way the entire interior. of the cabinet can be divided into a plurality of compartments or divisions, as nidicated in Fi 2. In this figure I have represented the s ides 19 carrying letters indicating an alphabetical arrangement of the divisions. All of the rec ords the titles of which begin with A will be laced in the first compartment; those hav ng titles beginning with B will be inthe second compartment, and so on.

creased number of records be removed, the forward records should project sli As suggested above, instead of using letters it may be desired to classify all of the worirs of one composer in one division, in which case the names of the different composers will ap ear upon the slides instead of the letters. f it should happen that an inaving the title beginning with C should accumulate, the compartment may be enlarged simply by movin the slats which divide it off from the rest 0 the cabinet, so as to increase its capacity. In this way a cabinet is produced having a certain elasticity or adaptability to the requirements or particular circumstances. v

For convenience in enabling the records to upper edges of the tly from the interior of the cabinet, as in icated in Fi 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

inclined slats having said shoulders support said slats, and reolding said slats in posimovable means for tion at said bottom rack.

name to this specification in dis osed before said slats on said bottom, and

sli es mounted on said batten and carrying characters indicating the classification of the records in said cabinet.

3. A cabinet for holding phonograph disks having a cover with a rack formed on the under side thereof, said rack having notches with shoulders formed at the ends thereof, a second rack on the bottom of said cabinet and having notches open at the forward ends thereof, inclined slats having their upper ends inserted in said first-named notches and abutting the said shoulders whereby said shoulders support said slats, a removable batten adjacent to said second rack and retaining said slats in the notches thereof, and slides mounted on saidbatten and having characters indicating the classes of the records in said cabinet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' XAVIER OUKIER.

W itnes ses:

FRED HALPEM, FRED HARTS. 

